5. Contracting out - Constitution - Chapter 1, The Articles

5.1. The Cabinet may contract out to another body or organisation functions which may be exercised by an officer and which are subject to an order under section 70 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, or under contracting arrangements where the contractor acts as the Council’s agent under usual contracting principles, provided there is no delegation of the Council’s discretionary decision making.

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